Risk factors for periventricular-intraventricular haemorrhage severity in preterm infants: a propensity score-matched analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most previous studies comparing etiological studies in infants with and without periventricular-intraventricular haemorrhage (PV-IVH) concluded that younger gestational age (GA) was associated with a higher prevalence rate of PV-IVH. However, only a few studies have examined the risk factors associated with the severity of PV-IVH after removing the influence of GA. Therefore, we investigated the risk factors apart from GA for PV-IVH severity in preterm infants less than 28 weeks.

Methods

This was a retrospective case-control study of preterm infants born in West China Second Hospital with PV-IVH between 2009 and 2020. PV-IVH was defined using cranial ultrasound screening. Preterm infants were divided into no PV-IVH and PV-IVH groups, and preterm infants with PV-IV

SUBMITTER: Huang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10320876 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature